Sacrifice
by Bert Oliva
People always talk about sacrifice but what is sacrifice exactly? Sacrifice is letting go of something you cherish possibly for a period of time or forever in order to gain in another area of life. I have studied success for many years now and understand that sometimes sacrifice is very necessary.
Every truly successful person I have personally met or studied has sacrificed some area of his or her life in order to gain that success, wealth or recognition most of us desire as humans. We are all conditioned to reach certain levels of comfort or growth in order to feel like we accomplished something in our lives or for the betterment of mankind. This is something that people quite often ask me how do I give up time with my children in order to give them a bright future.
Well the answer is easy. BALANCE. I always tell my children that during the week I am focused on work. Some weekends I will work out of town or on stage somewhere in the world. When I have the chance I take them with me so they can experience what it is that I do. However when I am not working I focus on them. Weekends are for my family; my wife is great at planning some sort of activity or excursion for the family. So our motto at the office is “WE WORK HARD, AND PLAY HARD!”
For this very reason is why my team and I have developed the basis for HUMANOLOGY. What we all need is BALANCE. If you have some great way you balance your life let us know!
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“You have to let go to grow.” – Bert Oliva |
Until next time.
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